Drawing on collaborative research from a team at Harvard and Manchester universities, this book asks how two very different societies are responding to the tide of diversity that is being felt around ...
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Drawing on collaborative research from a team at Harvard and Manchester universities, this book asks how two very different societies are responding to the tide of diversity that is being felt around the rich world. Injustice, it turns out, still blights the lives of many UK and US minorities – particularly African Americans – and there are signs that the new diversity strains community life. Yet in both countries, public opinion is running irreversibly in favour of tolerance. That augurs well for the future – and suggests that a British Obama cannot be ruled out.Less

The Age of Obama : The Changing Place of Minorities in British and American Society

Tom ClarkRobert D. PutnamEdward Fieldhouse

Published in print: 2010-03-11

Drawing on collaborative research from a team at Harvard and Manchester universities, this book asks how two very different societies are responding to the tide of diversity that is being felt around the rich world. Injustice, it turns out, still blights the lives of many UK and US minorities – particularly African Americans – and there are signs that the new diversity strains community life. Yet in both countries, public opinion is running irreversibly in favour of tolerance. That augurs well for the future – and suggests that a British Obama cannot be ruled out.

This chapter considers the evolving place of minorities in elective politics. It traces the roots of President Obama's victory in majority public opinion and determines the supporting attitudinal ...
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This chapter considers the evolving place of minorities in elective politics. It traces the roots of President Obama's victory in majority public opinion and determines the supporting attitudinal currents that can be determined over the years. The chapter tries to provide a clearer understanding of the arrival of a black President and reflects on whether the UK has witnessed the kind of parallel changes required for a British Obama.Less

Tidal generation: politics and deeper currents in public opinion

Tom ClarkRobert D. PutnamEdward Fieldhouse

Published in print: 2010-03-11

This chapter considers the evolving place of minorities in elective politics. It traces the roots of President Obama's victory in majority public opinion and determines the supporting attitudinal currents that can be determined over the years. The chapter tries to provide a clearer understanding of the arrival of a black President and reflects on whether the UK has witnessed the kind of parallel changes required for a British Obama.